New England Press Association's News Roundup

Jan. 21, 2010

	Convention countdown Voice of experience to share some of it at two sales sessions By Donna Roberson Bulletin Correspondent John Peterson calls himself the voice of experience. Peterson, principal of The Peterson Group of Oakdale, Conn., began media and marketing consulting in 1995. But more than that, Peterson said, he was president of Capital Cities/ABC’s New England Newspaper Group, which published 75 newspapers and shoppers in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, when he faced economic conditions similar to what newspapers are seeing now. “We saw over 20 percent of our revenue evaporate,” Peterson said. He approached the problem with an open mind. As a company, “we hadn't learned to tell our story very well,” he said. MORE
	This cover of the interactive PDF program book for the 2010 New England Newspaper and Press Association convention is a guide to the convention in more ways than one. To view what you're interested in about the convention -- a schedule of events; convention registration; booking a hotel room at the convention site -- simply click on the cover image and it will open the program book. Inside the book you can "click here" on the listed page to begin the registration process for the convention or for booking a hotel room.	*NENPA Convention* Downsizing paper's size should come with upgrade of its design Survey responses sought for NENPA ad sales workshop in February Investigative reporting, ways to avoid libel suits on NENPA convention slate Economics-related workshops a focus of 2010 NENPA convention 1st NENPA convention will be new, but familiar too Dates set for 2010 NENPA convention: Feb. 5-6, Boston NENPA 2010 convention schedule 'I think reducing the size of your text is just about the worst thing you can do.' -- Ed Henninger, Owner, Henninger Consulting
	*Other Stories*
	15,000 U.S. newspaper jobs lost in 2009 include 650-plus in N.E. 'Fair use' a fairly sticky issue in the Internet age	Burlington Free Press, Seven Days win top Vermont Press honors
	*News Digest*
	• Taunton (Mass.) Daily Gazette vandalized with gang graffiti • Audit finds errors by Globe union and its ousted president • Mass. weekly regrets unintended slam on disgraced solon • Ex-publisher Ainsley to get $1.4 million-plus in leaving Globe • Cutler seeks office, leaves as publisher of Mass. papers • Coakley aide knocks reporter to ground; she ignores victim • Brockton Enterprise debuts new look for its Web site • Survey finds few willing to pay for online news • Fair-report privilege upheld in libel case vs. Mass. daily • Mass.'s highest court nixes private e-mail reviews • Vt. daily pushes referendums to strenghten Open Meeting • Mass. judge open raw files in cop case to T&G's lawyers • Brockton daily presses Mass. town officials for records • Study: 100s of cases sealed in U.S. for no given reason • Knight OKs $2 million for legal fees in public records battles • Ex-Maine publisher establishes nonprofit investigative unit	• Barbara McKay Smith • Adriaan R.J. Herkolts • Charles H. Hibbert Jr. • Robert M. Messina • Nicholas P. 'Nick' Manzello • John F. Coughlin • Caterina M. 'Rina' DiMarte • Susan M. Morrissey • Mary M. 'Pat' Allen • Douglas Earle Gove • Charles Anezis • CONNECTICUT - Dan Graziano • Mark Michaud • Deborah Watrous-Sherwood • Walter Riley • Ken Otterbourg • MAINE - Bill Thompson • Jim Evans • Tony Ronzio • Ethan Wilensky-Lanford • John Porter • Jim Evans • MASSACHUSETTS - George Mathis • Owner of 19 N.E. papers seeks bankruptcy protection • Editor & Publisher sold, resumes publishing • Study: Papers overwhelming originator of local news • Study ranks newspaper reporter one of worst jobs of '09, • NENPA co-sponsoring family owners conference in Feb.
	*Columnists*
	Writing Writing coach calls prom queen, gets date Jim Stasiowski Just Design Little things mean a lot Ed Henninger	Ad-libs 'I love me' ads don't guarantee patrons will too John Foust Technology A case in print: How some papers thrive Kevin Slimp
	*Commentary*
	NENPA progressing, with Web site and 2010 convention in forefront Robert Laska, President's Column	A few ironies beset first freedoms in 2009 Gene Policinski, Inside the First Amendment
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